Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PRETORIA1662
2008-07-29 14:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Pretoria
Cable title:
UNMEE DEMARCHE: SOUTH AFRICA PLEASED WITH UNSC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRETORIA 001662
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/PSC (T. KHAMBATTA)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/28/2018
TAGS: PREL UNSC KPKO BPTS ET ER SF
SUBJECT: UNMEE DEMARCHE: SOUTH AFRICA PLEASED WITH UNSC
COMPROMISE
REF: STATE 79539
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond L. Brown. Reason
s 1.4(b) and (d).
(C) In response to reftel demarche, Ms. Ncumisa Notutela,
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director: United Nations
(Political),said on July 29 that the South African
Government (SAG) generally agreed with the USG thinking on
the UNMEE. The South African Mission to the UN had informed
Notutela late July 28 that the UNSC members had reached
agreement on the draft resolution proposed by Belgium.
Notutela said the SAG was pleased, noting that the
disagreements appeared to them to be largely semantic, not
substantive. Expressing appreciation for the early USG
consultation on the UNMEE issue, Notutela hoped that the SAG
and USG could continue to work together on peace initiatives
in the Horn of Africa.
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